2 Corinthians 3:4

3:4 Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ¹  since we are weighed down, ²  because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Corinthians 5:7

5:7 for we live ³  by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:11

The Message of Reconciliation

5:11 Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, ⁴  we try to persuade ⁵  people, ⁶  but we are well known ⁷  to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

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¹ sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

² tn Or “we are burdened.”

³ tn Grk “we walk.”

⁴ tn Or “because we know what it means to fear the Lord.”

⁵ tn The present tense of πείθομεν (peiqomen) has been translated as a conative present.

⁶ tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is generic here since clearly both men and women are in view (Paul did not attempt to win only men to the gospel he preached).

⁷ tn Or “clearly evident.” BDAG 1048 s.v. φανερόω 2.b.β has “θεῷ πεφανερώμεθα we are well known to God 2 Cor 5:11a, cp. 11b; 11:6 v.l.”